“A startling new report released today by the Government
Accountability Office revealed more disturbing proof that individuals on the
terrorist watch list have succeeded in buying guns and explosives more than 800
times since 2004. A bill to close the gap in the gun background check system has
been championed by Senator Frank Lautenberg and Representative Peter King, with the support of the Mayors Against
Illegal Guns, a bi-partisan coalition of more than 400 mayors. Just last month
four men were arrested for an attempt to bomb two Bronx synagogues, and this
month a terror suspect shot and killed a solider in Arkansas. The terror gap is
real and Congress should not wait one more day to close this glaring gap in
background checks.”